Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755777AbYAHSy6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:54:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753213AbYAHSyt (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:54:49 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:52512 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753195AbYAHSys (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:54:48 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:51:41 +0100 (CET) From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> To: Ondrej Zary cc: "David P. Reed" , "H. Peter Anvin" , Rene Herman , Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Christer Weinigel , Ingo Molnar , Alan Cox , Paul Rolland , Pavel Machek , Thomas Gleixner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , rol@witbe.net Subject: Re: [linux-kernel] Re: [PATCH] x86: provide a DMI based port 0x80 I/O delay override. In-Reply-To: <200801081838.16241.linux@rainbow-software.org> Message-ID: References: <9BdU5-1YW-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <200801081810.58904.linux@rainbow-software.org> <4783B1B2.6070005@reed.com> <200801081838.16241.linux@rainbow-software.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-Information: See www.mailscanner.info for information X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-be10.7eggert.dyndns.org-MailScanner-From: 7eggert@gmx.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/aPUs8csnKSXfDPu2qtHFsU/bEO4v9Hdo2y9U mYhylVBPHlGmdikaaUVgFUnAipC15gi5f7r6RAXuLxpuvvUcsw 7NlvSgPcFfod4OQRP6cRQ== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 22 On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, Ondrej Zary wrote: > On Tuesday 08 January 2008 18:24:02 David P. Reed wrote: > > Windows these days does delays with timing loops or the scheduler. It > > doesn't use a "port". Also, Windows XP only supports machines that tend > > not to have timing problems that use delays. Instead, if a device takes > > a while to respond, it has a "busy bit" in some port or memory slot that > > can be tested. > > Windows XP can run on a machine with ISA slot(s) and has built-in drivers for > some plug&play ISA cards - e.g. the famous 3Com EtherLink III. I think that > there's a driver for NE2000-compatible cards too and it probably works. The NE2K-driver went missing in W2K. BTDT. -- Anyone can speak Troll. All you have to do is point and grunt. -- Fred Weasley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/